The murder plot went awry after the childrens' grandmother found the knife under one of the girl's pillows in early February, according to Wallace. That's when the grandmother brought both girls to the sheriff's office, where they informed investigators that their mother told them to use the blade to kill their grandparents.

Yeah, I'm calling BS. There's only the sort ofplausibility that a journalist with a deadline and no mind would snap up.

Rufus Lee King:Seriously, though, where did she get the knife? I assume she made it, somehow? Also, packages sent from the joint are not inspected before they go out?

Something's just not adding up, here.

I refuse to re-open the article, but from what I remember, she lost the kids 7 years ago when she went to jail for possession of meth. It doesn't say she mailed the package from prison. I don't think you get 7 yrs. for possession, unless it was . . . a lot.

"Silva turned herself into the Pitt County Detention Center on Monday, according to sheriff's office press release. She is charged with four counts of first-degree solicitation to commit murder and is being held under a $5 million secured bond. "